$2800 is 92,000b now. I have a paid up condo and car, and I live in Bangkok with my wife. My monthly expenses are between 50 to 60,000b. Eats out at aircon restaurants (cannot stand the humidity) half the time plus I like to have my beer and imported whisky.

Adam Shirley Can you enlighten me? Every entry into the Kingdom will need a TDAC. As for TM30, it will depend on whether it is still the address as someone had highlighted (plus the date must still be valid). The landlord or hotel reception will do the submission normally. But I am the condo's owner and so I submit the TM30 myself

TDAC and TM30 when you come in again

This is the update I saw from a Bangkok law firm with similar FB posts by some developers. Buy a condo for >3m baht (must be valued as 3m by an approved valuation company) and you can apply for a long stay visa. Applicable for yearly rental of 800,000b too.

I saw a Taiwanese post on FB that he has to pay 29,000b to process the visa for himself, one pax, after he bought a 4m condo earlier this month. Not sure how much the charges are if you apply as a family.

If you know how frequently they "update" their policies, you will wonder how reliable this scheme is. IMO, the existing ones are the more reliable options.

When I applied for the DTV, I remembered that there was something mentioned about needing to resubmit documents yearly, things like proof of income, money in account, etc. Do anyone have the experience of being informed to do the updating of these?

@Johnny ******

I beg to differ. Alex Ni explained it correctly. I am here with a workcation DTV and he is 90% correct. I still have apartments in 3 countries even though I am in living in Thailand 75% of the time now. Hopefully, I can handover all and go for a retirement visa in another year or two.

For softpower, I have been wondering why a 5 year DTV is issued for a 6 month course. After completing the 6 months course, these foreigners are going to stay for the next 4.5 years on the same DTV? I believe this is why the Thai immigration is checking on, if these people are not able to show proof of income, how are they going to support their living here? Work illegally or other even greyer areas?

Chris Blunt Not if the immigrants came in legally and get to work in Thailand according to the government regulations. Do any other countries allow illegal immigrants to work? Take the Hong Kongers with BNO in UK now, half of them are working without proper permits at lower than market wages

I believe they have the information of your DTV in their online system. When I received my DTV, I forgot to present it to the emigration counter as I went to the APEC counter as before. The immigration officer was nice and reminded me that I have to show them a copy of the DTV when entering (a PDF copy on the phone will do)

I received my DTV two months back and already came back a third time last week. So far no questions asked at all.

@Tammi ****

Yes, an insurance policy by the bank and they allowed me, on a 30 days tourist visa , to open an account if I buy the policy. There are agents that can open an account for a fee higher than that.